Chicken eggs are a popular cooking product. The most popular egg dishes are pastries, salads and a variety of snacks. To preserve the taste of eggs, the conditions and shelf life must be observed.
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Methods for storing eggs depend on external conditions and the degree of their preliminary processing. The optimal conditions for storing chicken eggs in the refrigerator are:
- Temperature of the refrigerator + 2-4 ° С.
- It is recommended to place the eggs with the sharp end down.
- It is advisable to arrange the eggs so that they do not touch each other.
- It is necessary to provide them with air access.
Subject to these recommendations, the shelf life of chicken eggs will be three weeks. The countdown should be from the packing date indicated on the package.
The maximum storage time for eggs without a refrigerator should not exceed two weeks. It is advisable to store them in a cool, dry place, at a temperature of up to 10 ° C. The maximum storage temperature should not be higher than 20 ° C.
Hard boiled eggs can be stored for up to ten days in the refrigerator. If the shell cracked during cooking, the shelf life of boiled eggs is reduced to four days.
Quail eggs are stored longer, up to 60 days in the refrigerator and one month at room temperature. But eggs of waterfowl are recommended to be consumed within two weeks. They need to be stored in the refrigerator, and during cooking, heat-treated for at least five minutes.
Please note that for the preparation of fried eggs, boiling soft-boiled eggs and for eating raw, only fresh chicken eggs are suitable. After seven days of storage, it is better to use them only for baking and boiling hard boiled, and fried eggs from such eggs.
